Pin-ticket



I. R. BAYER.

Y .PlNTlcKfL Patented Jpn@ 28, 1921.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE 2.5. I920. 1,383,063.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH R. BAYER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PIN-TICKET.

Application filed Tune 25,

To @ZZ whom t may concern le it known that l', Josnri-i R. BAYER, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York, and State of New York,have invented a new and improved Pin-Ticket, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

T his invention relates to improvements in pin tickets, and moreparticularly to an improved construction of metal fastener forming apart of the pin ticket and facilitatii'ig the engagement of the pinticket with the goods or article on which it is to be secured.

A further object is to provide a pin ticket folding` fastener which iscomposed of a single piece of wire and which may be operated to puncturethe goods and secure the ticket in place or may be positioned over theedge of the goods or over the edge of a cloth or other article so as tohold the pin ticket firmly in place without scratching or mai-ring .thecloth or other article.

A further object is to provide improvements ofthe character stated whichcan be manufactured and sold at an extremely lon' price, which can bequickly and easily manipulated either to secure the pin ticket or permitthe removal thereof and Which Will in every respect e'iciently performthe functions for which it is intended.

lilith these and other objects in vieuv the invention consists incertain novel features of construction, and combinations and ar-'angements of parts. as will be more fully hereinafter described andpointed ont in the claim.

lin the accompanying drawings Figure l is a rear perspective vien'illustrating my improved pin ticket.

lfig. 2 is a vieu in elevation or plan illustrating my improved pinticket in position in a piece of cloth or other goods.

Fig. 3 is a view in longitudinal section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 9.,shonf'ing in dotted lines the initial position of the pin ticket.

Figs. 4c and 5 are views in longitudinal section illustrating theoperation of the device when positioned over the edge of the piece ofcloth or other article.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating my improved devicein position on a glove or similar article.

Fig. 7 is a view in section on the line 77 Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented J une 28, 1921.

1920. Serial N0. 391,572.

of Fig. 6, showing' the initial position of the pin ticket.

Fig. 8 is a similar View showingl the inal securing position of the pinticket.

Fig. S) is an exaggerated end view of the prongl t.

l Fig l0 is anl exaggerated perspective view or the end of the prong.

A represents a pin ticket which comprises a piece of cardboard or othersuitable material of any desired shape and Brepresents my improved metalfastener secured to and forming a part of the pin ticket.

My improved metal fastener comprises a single piece of Wire which issiightly elastic and which is perferably rectangular in cross-section,although, of course, the invention is not limited to the precisecrosssectional shape of the ivire.

Both ends of the Wire are projected through the pin ticket i as shown atl, leaving an intermediate portion of the vfire 2 on the outer face ofthe ticket, and this puncturing of the ticket by the Wire is preferablyat the upper portion of the ticket as clearly shown in Fig. 2. One endof the Wire, which constitutes the loiver portion thereof in normal use,is bent upwardly and fiat against the inner face of the pin ticket A asshown at 3. and is then bent at a sharp right angle forming a relativelyshort sharp prong or spur et.

The other end of the Wire, which constitutes the normal upper portionthereof, ci;- tends upwardly flat against the inner face of the ticket Aas shown at 5,` is then bent outwardly and then downwardly as shown atG, and projects downwardly an appreciable distance past the prong` orspur 4f and constitutes a tongue 'T having a sharp free end S.

rThe outer end of the spur -i is made with a. sharp end 9 of generalpyramidical shape providing a beveled surface l0 which facilitates thepositioning' of the fastener in the goods or on the article as will morefully hereinafter appear.

It is to be understood that the tongue 7 is normally against the sharpouter end of the spur or prong 4 and that the elasticity ofV the metal`is employed to hold the fastener in its securing position.

When my improved pin ticket is used in connection with cloth or othergoods as indicated by the reference numeral 1l, the operation isordinarily as follows: The free or lower end of the pin ticket A isgrasped between the thumb and linger of the user and the sharp end 8 ofVton-gue 7 -is directed through the material by exerting a longitu`dinal pull on the pin ticket. This movement of the tongue through thematerial ll is limited by the bend 6 in the wire and when the ticket isreleased, the elasticity of the metal of the fastener will movethetongue 7 and the spur orprong 4 toward each other so that the spur orprong either punctures the material or embeds itself thereinsufficiently to hold the pin ticket in place. To

V remove the pin ticket1 it is simply necessary to force the ticket Aand the tree end of the tongue 7 slightly apart when the fastener isengaged in the cloth. Y Y Y In Figs. 3 and 4 I-illustrate the operationofthe device when slipped over the edge ot a piece of goods Vor otherarticle, and in this,

. operation the edge ot' the goods by reason Vot and 8, I preferablymanually Vforce thel tongue VT outwardly a distance suilicient toaccommodate the glove and then either force the tongue back until it isnormallyA positioned or allow it to spring into position so as to securethe bite or engagement oft' the spurv withV the glove.

`While in the drawings I have illustrated a prong or spur as passingthrough the goods or article, itis obvious that in many casesthe spurwill only embed itself or indent the goods and will securely hold Vandthe reason for manually operatingl the tongue in placing the same over aglove or other similar article is to prevent scratching or injuring thearticle by the Jfastener.

It will thus be noted that I provide a pin ticket having a metalfastener which is provided with a sharp spur or prong projecting atright angles from thev ticket and also pro-- Thile Iliave illus thegeneral form and arrangement of the parts described without departingyfrom the invention, and `henceI do not limit myself to theprecisedetails 'set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make suchchanges and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope ofthe appended claim.

I claim: Y

A pin ticket, comprising a card, a 'fastener secured to the card andcomprising a single piece of wire having both ends of the wire projectedthrough the card and bent in the same direction and locatedsubstantially in alinement Vand against the rear face oi' the card, oneextreme end oi' the wire bent at a substantial right angle to the cardand forming a spur having a Vsharp outer end, and theV other end ot saidwire bent forming a tongue locatednormallyparallel to the card andextending across the outerend `of the spur.

Josnrn Kearns.

